[MBZ] Apple and the next Electric Car

2015-06-17 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Apple could dominate market -- analystPublished: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 Apple Inc.'s reach could soon include electric automobiles, according to an industry analyst. If the world's most valuable company were to design and engineer a car, we are convinced it would be 100 percent a battery

Re: [MBZ] Apple and the next Electric Car

2015-06-17 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
They could just buy Tesla and have a turn-key operation with a lot of the heavy lifting done. The autonomous stuff seems to be getting pervasive amongst a few companies so that is not a huge hurdle. We are well on our way to having the mandate that all new vehicles will have hive algorithms

Re: [MBZ] Apple and the next Electric Car

2015-06-17 Thread Dimitri via Mercedes
If it's anything like their computers, it'll be obsolete in three years. Imagine, them telling you that your operating system is too old, car's computer is too old to handle upgrade. Buy new car. Thanks but I'll stick to my manual everything dinosaur mobiles. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 17,

Re: [MBZ] Apple and the next Electric Car

2015-06-17 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
Andrew wrote: A fully autonomous car is meant to be shared, not owned, Jonas said. A fully autonomous car -- as in no steering wheel, no pedals -- can work 24 hours a day Err. Sure. And a car that _does_ have a steering wheel and pedals clearly can't work 24 hours a day or be shared.

Re: [MBZ] Apple and the next Electric Car

2015-06-17 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
That's a slick way to solve the problem where Uber drivers were declared to be employees (entitled to all benefits) vs independent contractors (another blow for unemployment). I understand McDonalds is experimenting with a self-serve experiment to combat the latest minimum wage laws. There

Re: [MBZ] Apple and the next Electric Car

2015-06-17 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
(Long article; parts have been removed.) Six university researchers have revealed deadly zero-day flaws in Apple's iOS and OS X, claiming it is possible to crack Apple's keychain, break app sandboxes and bypass its App Store security checks so that attackers can steal passwords from any

Re: [MBZ] Apple and the next Electric Car

2015-06-17 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
It's the American dream to hand over all decision making and control of your personal life to an overpowering control from the cradle to the grave. Just as soon as we can breed out that pesky streak of independence and will to live. Have we been invaded by an alien life force? Where do these

Re: [MBZ] Apple and the next Electric Car

2015-06-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
It's the ultimate taxi. You won't own it, you'll just schedule a ride from where you are to where you want to go and pay through the nose for the convenience. A few rebellious souls will insist on owning their own cars, and driving them themselves for the sheer joy of it, but will be filed or sued